by stefanie | Jul 5, 2019 | Around the Industry
According to the newly published risk assessment by Japan’s National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (Nite) about decaBDE and HBCD the two chemicals are of low concern in cosumer prodcuts. Chemical Watch reported that for Japanese people,...
by stefanie | Jun 24, 2019 | Around the Industry
The EU Council announced it has adopted stricter rules on the world’s most dangerous chemicals, like DecaBDE. The EU has toughened the rules applicable to persistent organic pollutants, the UN-agreed list of dangerous substances. The regulation adopted by the...
by stefanie | May 24, 2019 | World Focus
After the draft risk assessment was published earlier this year, Nicnas has now published its final findings of its study. In April, a 104-page draft of the risk assessment report was published by Australia’s national chemicals agency, Nicnas, regarding the importing,...
by stefanie | May 21, 2019 | Around the Industry
After last months call that the amount allowed is still too high, Axion Polymers, a resource recovery and processing solutions company for recycling waste materials based in the UK, says it welcomes the new proposed 500ppm decaBDE limit for recycled plastics. In March...
by Owen Collins | Apr 29, 2019 | Around the Industry
A group of Non-Government Organisations are pressurising the European Commission to withdraw its registration for the recycling of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants. The European Union recently set new limits of 500mg/kg for cumulative totals of all BDEs,...
